The AI department
you don't have to hire.
Cromus is the AI workflow department your company is missing. It reviews every workflow before it runs, watches cost and drift across your stack, and produces AI governance reports your team and business can stand behind.
Three roles, hired one at a time. The department starts at $49/month.
Most teams can't answer questions about their AI workflows. Cromus exists so they can.
"Who reviewed this workflow before it merged?"
The Specialist, on every pull request.
"What will it cost when it runs 10,000 times a month?"
Priced per run before it ships.
"Who's accountable when it misbehaves at 2am?"
The CWO, in writing.
That is pre-execution workflow intelligence: see cost, failure risk, and the highest-impact fixes before a workflow ships.
Every SKILL.md
reviewed before it merges.
The Specialist runs in your CI pipeline and checks every pull request against 24 governance rules: cost estimates, error handling, owner metadata, MCP dependencies, and more. Bad workflows are blocked at the pull request. The fix goes in before the merge.
A sample of what gets caught
The Specialist enforces 24 governance rules on every pull request — deterministically, with no LLM calls and no latency. Rules cover ownership, cost awareness, model selection, fallback handling, output constraints, and execution hygiene. Every finding is named. Nothing fails silently.
missing_cost_estimate
Every skill must declare a token estimate before it merges.
no_error_handling
Workflows with no fallback step are a production incident waiting to happen.
undeclared_mcp_dependency
MCP tool calls not listed in mcp_dependencies will fail silently at runtime.
missing_owner
A skill with no owner has no one accountable when it misbehaves.
hardcoded_model
Pinning a specific model version blocks cost optimization and upgrade paths.
missing_governance_metadata
Approved_by and reviewed_at are required for compliance-sensitive workflows.
Three roles.
One function. No headcount.
The department activates role by role as your practice grows. Start with the Specialist. Add the Manager when you have a team. Add the CWO (Chief Workflow Officer) when you need sign-off.
Builder
$49/mo
Specialist
- Reviews every SKILL.md pull request against 24 rules
- Blocks merges that violate governance standards
- Cost estimates, error handling, MCP deps
- Active from your first commit
Ops
$99/mo
Manager
- Portfolio view across all workflows and teams
- Weekly Croms briefing with cost and drift alerts
- Shared libraries and team workspaces
- Version history for every SKILL.md
Agency
$249/mo
CWO
- Governance sign-off on every workflow
- A signed governance report you can share with any stakeholder
- CWO sign-off on behavioral compliance
- Full AI department in a box
Enterprise adds unlimited seats, dedicated support, and the contracts your legal team needs.
Delivering AI workflows to clients under your own brand?
Watch the department work
A skill file lands in your pipeline. The Specialist reviews against 24 rules. The Manager watches trends. The CWO signs off. No LLM calls: every finding traceable.
Push to main → Specialist triggered
2 specs detected · Specialist queued
campaign_sop_v2.md · governance/ETHOS.md
Built to run without you.
The department reviews every workflow change automatically, watches your stack every week, and produces a signed governance document before anything ships, without a single manual trigger.
- Reviews run on every push, no manual triggers, no cron to maintain
- Every finding traces to a named rule, not an LLM opinion that changes run to run
- The CWO signs off before anything ships. In Officer mode, it blocks the push.
- Every governance document is a permanent, verifiable record you can share with stakeholders
Weekly stack summary
Every report is permanently verifiable: rules version, verdict, and every finding traced to a named rule.
CWO authority, per workflow
You decide what gets blocked.
By default, the department reviews and reports. It never stops a push on its own. Grant the CWO Officer authority and it will block a workflow from shipping until findings are resolved.
One setting, per workflow, in your dashboard. Observer by default. You control exactly how much authority the department holds.
Who gets the most from the Specialist
Whether you're new to AI workflows or an AI workflow expert, Cromus meets you where you're at.
Solo AI builders
Get governance in your CI pipeline from day one. No team required to start.
AI-native startups
Ship AI features fast without letting governance debt quietly compound into incidents.
AI consultants
Deliver governed AI workflow systems with signed governance reports ready to share.
Engineering teams
Standardize SKILL.md quality across contributors before the inconsistencies reach production.
No specs yet?
Cromus compiles your SOPs into agent-ready Skills and Skill Packs, so the department has something to govern from day one.
Input · your SOP
plain textContent Quality Review SOP
Purpose: Ensure all published content meets quality, accuracy, and SEO standards.
Steps:
- Retrieve draft from CMS and verify metadata completeness.
- Run readability check (Flesch score > 60).
- Verify all factual claims have citations.
- Check internal linking: min 2 per 500 words.
- Final SEO review: keywords, headings.
Tools: CMS, SEMrush, Grammarly
Output · compiled SKILL.md
Specialist-readyThe department. Without the department costs.
Three specialized roles. One monthly line item. No recruiting, no benefits, no equity.
Hiring the real thing
AI Governance Specialist
The Specialist
AI Program Manager
The Manager
Chief AI Officer
The CWO
Total (salary + benefits)
Typical US market salary ranges for equivalent roles. ~30% benefits and overhead included. Excludes recruiting fees, equity, and tooling.
Source: Glassdoor · LinkedIn Salary
All three roles. One subscription.
Specialist
24-rule CI pipeline governance on every pull request
Manager
Stack-wide monitoring and reporting
CWO
Signed governance reports for every stakeholder
Agency plan
$249/mo
You save
$60,000+/mo
From signup to your first finding, in minutes
Install the gate, push, and the Specialist reviews every workflow file on your first run. No configuration, no glossary, no call.
Install
One step in your pipeline config
First run
The Specialist reviews every SKILL.md, ETHOS.md, MEMORY.md, and GRAPH.md
First finding
Plain language, traceable to a named rule
Real output. Real rule IDs. This is what your first two minutes produce.
Cromus Gate: pre-ship review of agent and workflow files
[BLOCK] skills/invoice-triage/SKILL.md
- GATE-012 (block): Critical step has no fallback.
step "post_payment" is marked critical: true but declares
no failure handling. If it fails at runtime, the workflow
has no declared plan.
https://cromus.ai/gate/rules#gate-012
Result: BLOCK: 3 files reviewed, 1 blocking, 0 warning(s), 2 note(s).Your department is running in four steps.
Install
One step in your pipeline config.
Connect your workflows
Point the Specialist at your SKILL.md files.
Department starts
Every change reviewed from the next push.
First sign-off
The CWO's signed governance report on your dashboard.
The Specialist in your CI pipeline, at a price that never moves.
Founding Members pay $29/month and that rate is locked permanently. The Specialist reviews every SKILL.md change before it merges, flags governance violations automatically, and stops bad workflows before they ship — regardless of where the Builder plan moves.